diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 36a7044c..449c4243 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -90,20 +90,23 @@ endif
 
 # coding standard
 # test stuff
-test-directories:
-	rm -rf tests/cache tests/unit/cache tests/integration/cache
-	mkdir tests/cache
-	mkdir tests/unit/cache
-	mkdir tests/integration/cache
-
-test-unit: test-directories
+test-unit: directories
 	$(PHPUNIT) --testsuite "Erfurt Unit Tests"
 
-test-integration-virtuoso: test-directories
-	EF_STORE_ADAPTER=virtuoso $(PHPUNIT) --testsuite "Erfurt Virtuoso Integration Tests"
+test-unit-cc: directories
+	$(PHPUNIT) --testsuite "Erfurt Unit Tests" --coverage-clover ./build/logs/clover.xml --coverage-html ./build/coverage --log-junit ./build/logs/junit.xml
+
+test-integration-virtuoso: directories
+	EF_STORE_ADAPTER=virtuoso $(PHPUNIT) --testsuite "Erfurt Integration Tests"
+
+test-integration-virtuoso-cc: directories
+	EF_STORE_ADAPTER=virtuoso $(PHPUNIT) --testsuite "Erfurt Integration Tests" --coverage-html ./build/coverage-virtuoso
+
+test-integration-mysql: directories
+	EF_STORE_ADAPTER=zenddb $(PHPUNIT) --testsuite "Erfurt Integration Tests"
 
-test-integration-mysql: test-directories
-	EF_STORE_ADAPTER=zenddb $(PHPUNIT) --testsuite "Erfurt Virtuoso Integration Tests"
+test-integration-mysql-cc: directories
+	EF_STORE_ADAPTER=zenddb $(PHPUNIT) --testsuite "Erfurt Integration Tests" --coverage-html ./build/coverage-mysql
 
 test:
 	make test-unit
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index b98a197c..f6b6f790 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
         <delete dir="${basedir}/build/api"/>
         <delete dir="${basedir}/build/code-browser"/>
         <delete dir="${basedir}/build/coverage"/>
-        <delete dir="${basedir}/build/coverage-integration"/>
+        <delete dir="${basedir}/build/coverage-virtuoso"/>
+        <delete dir="${basedir}/build/coverage-mysql"/>
         <delete dir="${basedir}/build/logs"/>
         <delete dir="${basedir}/build/pdepend"/>
     </target>
@@ -21,7 +22,8 @@
         <mkdir dir="${basedir}/build/api"/>
         <mkdir dir="${basedir}/build/code-browser"/>
         <mkdir dir="${basedir}/build/coverage"/>
-        <mkdir dir="${basedir}/build/coverage-integration"/>
+        <mkdir dir="${basedir}/build/coverage-virtuoso"/>
+        <mkdir dir="${basedir}/build/coverage-mysql"/>
         <mkdir dir="${basedir}/build/logs"/>
         <mkdir dir="${basedir}/build/pdepend"/>
     </target>
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@
     </target>
 
     <target name="phploc" description="Measure project size using PHPLOC">
-        <exec executable="phploc">
+        <exec executable="./vendor/bin/phploc">
             <arg value="--log-csv" />
             <arg value="${basedir}/build/logs/phploc.csv" />
             <arg path="${basedir}/library/Erfurt" />
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@
     </target>
 
     <target name="pdepend" description="Calculate software metrics using PHP_Depend">
-        <exec executable="pdepend">
+        <exec executable="./vendor/bin/pdepend">
             <arg value="--jdepend-xml=${basedir}/build/logs/jdepend.xml" />
             <arg value="--jdepend-chart=${basedir}/build/pdepend/dependencies.svg" />
             <arg value="--overview-pyramid=${basedir}/build/pdepend/overview-pyramid.svg" />
@@ -54,46 +56,26 @@
         </exec>
     </target>
 
-    <target name="phpmd"
-            description="Perform project mess detection using PHPMD and print human readable output. Intended for usage on the command line before committing.">
-         <exec executable="phpmd">
-             <arg path="${basedir}/library/Erfurt" />
-             <arg value="text" />
-             <arg value="${basedir}/build/phpmd.xml" />
-         </exec>
-     </target>
-
-     <target name="phpmd-ci"
-             description="Perform project mess detection using PHPMD creating a log file for the continuous integration server">
-        <exec executable="phpmd">
-            <arg path="${basedir}/library/Erfurt" />
-            <arg value="xml" />
-            <arg value="${basedir}/build/phpmd.xml" />
-            <arg value="--reportfile" />
-            <arg value="${basedir}/build/logs/pmd.xml" />
-        </exec>
-    </target>
-
     <target name="phpcs"
             description="Find coding standard violations using PHP_CodeSniffer and print human readable output. Intended for usage on the command line before committing.">
-        <exec executable="phpcs">
-            <arg value="--standard=${basedir}/build/phpcs.xml" />
+        <exec executable="./vendor/bin/phpcs">
+            <arg value="--standard=${basedir}/phpcs.xml" />
             <arg path="${basedir}/library/Erfurt" />
         </exec>
     </target>
 
     <target name="phpcs-ci"
             description="Find coding standard violations using PHP_CodeSniffer creating a log file for the continuous integration server">
-        <exec executable="phpcs" output="/dev/null">
+        <exec executable="./vendor/bin/phpcs" output="/dev/null">
             <arg value="--report=checkstyle" />
             <arg value="--report-file=${basedir}/build/logs/checkstyle.xml" />
-            <arg value="--standard=${basedir}/build/phpcs.xml" />
+            <arg value="--standard=${basedir}/phpcs.xml" />
             <arg path="${basedir}/library/Erfurt" />
         </exec>
     </target>
 
     <target name="phpcpd" description="Find duplicate code using PHPCPD">
-        <exec executable="phpcpd">
+        <exec executable="./vendor/bin/phpcpd">
             <arg value="--log-pmd" />
             <arg value="${basedir}/build/logs/pmd-cpd.xml" />
             <arg path="${basedir}/library/Erfurt" />
@@ -101,8 +83,7 @@
     </target>
 
     <target name="phpdoc" description="Create API doc using DocCreator">
-        <exec dir="/opt/DocCreator/" executable="php">
-            <arg value="/opt/DocCreator/create.php5" />
+        <exec executable="php vendor/bin/doc-creator.php">
             <arg value="--config-file=${basedir}/build/doc.erfurt.xml" />
             <arg value="--source-folder=${basedir}/library/Erfurt/" />
             <arg value="--target-folder=${basedir}/build/api/" />
@@ -111,20 +92,27 @@
 
     <target name="directories">
         <exec executable="make">
-            <arg value="test-directories" />
+            <arg value="directories" />
         </exec>
     </target>
 
     <target name="phpunit" depends="directories" description="Run unit tests with PHPUnit">
-        <exec dir="${basedir}/tests/unit/" executable="phpunit" failonerror="true" />
+        <exec executable="make" failonerror="true">
+            <arg value="test-unit-cc" />
+        </exec>
     </target>
 
     <target name="phpunit-integration" depends="phpunit" description="Run unit tests with PHPUnit">
-        <exec dir="${basedir}/tests/integration/" executable="phpunit" failonerror="true" />
+        <exec executable="make" failonerror="true">
+            <arg value="test-integration-virtuoso-cc" />
+        </exec>
+        <exec executable="make" failonerror="true">
+            <arg value="test-integration-mysql-cc" />
+        </exec>
     </target>
 
     <target name="phpcb" description="Aggregate tool output with PHP_CodeBrowser">
-        <exec executable="phpcb">
+        <exec executable="./vendor/bin/phpcb">
             <arg value="--log" />
             <arg path="${basedir}/build/logs" />
             <arg value="--source" />
@@ -133,4 +121,24 @@
             <arg path="${basedir}/build/code-browser" />
         </exec>
     </target>
+
+    <target name="phpmd"
+            description="Perform project mess detection using PHPMD and print human readable output. Intended for usage on the command line before committing.">
+        <exec executable="./vendor/bin/phpmd">
+            <arg path="${basedir}/library/Erfurt" />
+            <arg value="text" />
+            <arg value="${basedir}/build/phpmd.xml" />
+        </exec>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="phpmd-ci"
+            description="Perform project mess detection using PHPMD creating a log file for the continuous integration server">
+        <exec executable="./vendor/bin/phpmd">
+            <arg path="${basedir}/library/Erfurt" />
+            <arg value="xml" />
+            <arg value="${basedir}/build/phpmd.xml" />
+            <arg value="--reportfile" />
+            <arg value="${basedir}/build/logs/pmd.xml" />
+        </exec>
+    </target>
 </project>
diff --git a/build/phpcs.xml b/build/phpcs.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 78d938f4..00000000
--- a/build/phpcs.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-
-<ruleset name="OntoWikiRuleSet">
-<description>OntoWiki rule set for PHP_CodeSniffer</description>
-    <rule ref="Zend" />
-</ruleset>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/phpmd.xml b/build/phpmd.xml
index b78c8613..3c91c3c0 100644
--- a/build/phpmd.xml
+++ b/build/phpmd.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 
-<ruleset name="OntoWiki RuleSet" 
-         xmlns="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0"   
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
+<ruleset name="OntoWiki RuleSet"
+         xmlns="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0 http://pmd.sf.net/
 ruleset_xml_schema.xsd"
          xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd">
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index ae8f99b1..0cb67595 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -11,13 +11,20 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=5.3.3",
+        "php": ">=5.4.0",
         "semsol/arc2": "*",
         "zendframework/zendframework1": "1.*"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "4.5.*",
-        "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "dev-master"
+        "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "dev-master",
+        "ceus-media/common": "dev-master",
+        "ceus-media/doc-creator": "dev-master",
+        "zerkalica/php-code-browser": "dev-master",
+        "sebastian/phpcpd": "2.0.*",
+        "pdepend/pdepend": "2.2.*",
+        "phploc/phploc": "2.1.*",
+        "phpmd/phpmd": "2.4.*"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "classmap": [